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  • edinburgher
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    Happy Birthday @Suffolk_lass !

    Hope you have a lovely day :)
  • rtandon27
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    Happy Birthday dearest SL! 🎂  🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    New projection - 14 YEARS 7 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 17 mths)
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  • Watty1
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    happy birthday to you tra la la xx
    Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became

    In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!
  • themadvix
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    Happy Birthday SL, hope you have a lovely day!
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


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    Happiest of birthdays to you. Enjoy your day x
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  • greent
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    Happy birthday!
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • Merlin's_Beard
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    Happy birthday!
    Start mortgage date: August 2022; Start mortgage amount: £240,999; Original mortgage free date: August 2056
    Current mortgage amount: £226,957.97
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  • dawnybabes
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    Happy birthday xx
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    Jan - £176.66 :j
  • KajiKita
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    I’m late! 😊
    Happy Birthday 🎁 🎉🥳
    Hope you have had a most excellent day and have a truly wonderful year ahead 😊

    KK x
    As at 15.09.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £230,969
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

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